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date	16/01/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support young people from deprived backgrounds to progress in the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	209404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that more needs to be done to ensure that the workforce of the Creative Industries better reflects the diversity of UK society. The need to broaden access was highlighted in the 2018 Creative Industries sector deal.</p><p>Amongst other measures, we are providing £2 million seed funding for an industry-led Creative Careers Programme over the next 4 years to improve the supply of talent and open up opportunities to a broader audience.</p><p>Additionally, the British Film Institute (BFI) leads on a number of initiatives to encourage people from all backgrounds to pursue careers in the screen sector, from the BFI diversity standards to the BFI Film Academy. We will also continue to work with industry through the joint government-industry Creative Industry Council to open up employment opportunities in the sector. The CIC have identified this issue as a priority, setting out a set of actions to improve diversity across the industry in its “Create Together” growth strategy.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/01/2019 09:44:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1017267

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date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Culture: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has allocated to arts and culture projects in Nottinghamshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	197471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the table, since April 2013, Arts Council England has invested almost £8.5 million in arts and culture projects in Nottinghamshire including regular funding to their National Portfolio Organisations, National Lottery Grants for the Arts, Project Grants and Strategic funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>2018/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Portfolio Organisations</p></td><td><p>£126,218</p></td><td><p>£126,729</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music Education Hubs*</p></td><td><p>£830,974</p></td><td><p>£832,731</p></td><td><p>£1,073,643</p></td><td><p>£1,067,598</p></td><td><p>£1,065,575</p></td><td><p>£1,066,848</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grants For The Arts/Project Grants</p></td><td><p>£234,983</p></td><td><p>£287,044</p></td><td><p>£239,118</p></td><td><p>£399,050</p></td><td><p>£375,755</p></td><td><p>£141,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic/Other</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£79,850</p></td><td><p>£20,486</p></td><td><p>£137,598</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£32,942</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ 1,192,175</p></td><td><p>£ 1,326,354</p></td><td><p>£ 1,333,247</p></td><td><p>£ 1,604,246</p></td><td><p>£ 1,446,330</p></td><td><p>£ 1,541,060</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Alongside ACE funding, the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvements Fund provided £75,000 in 2017/18 for 'Accessible Exhibition at Newstead Abbey', Nottingham City Museums and Galleries.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, First Art (Creswell Heritage Trust) recently became one of six successful arts projects across England to receive a share of £5.5 million in the latest round of the Arts Council’s Creative People and Places funding programme. This funding will support First Art to continue its work taking arts and culture to local communities across Nottinghamshire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 06/12/2018 12:19:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley